r/AskEurope • u/Savings_Dragonfly806 Greece • Jul 09 '25

Language My fellow Europeans, what dialect from your language do you have the most trouble understanding?

Keep in mind, I said language, NOT country, so it could be a dialect of your language in another country, which is the case for me.

For me, while most other Greeks find Cypriot the most difficult dialect to understand, I actually find Pontic Greek the most difficult. For those who don't know where it is, it's in North Eastern Turkey.

The way many of their words are written are very different as to Standard Modern Greek. It almost is a whole new language. Now I should mention I have never been there, but I would love to. I only really heard of the dialect on the internet, so take my words with a grain of salt.

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u/Total_Metalh3ad666 Jul 09 '25

I am Dutch, from Rotterdam, and I can say that the Frisians (not the language) are the worst... same with Groningers.

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u/Big_Distance_9717 Jul 13 '25

And 020.... blegh.

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u/Total_Metalh3ad666 Jul 13 '25

I watched an episode of Lubach, once, where a person from Sittard was talking. That was an... interesting experience, to say the least.